Lucid Technologies Inc

Either an Active PMP cert OR VITA cert is REQUIRED. 

ON SITE REQUIRED: 2 days in the office. Parking is not provided for contractors 

Sr Project Manager will be responsible for successfully planning, organizing, and motivating diverse project teams throughout all phases of Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid projects. 

Coordinate vendors and consultants, and DBHDS and business staff as assigned, in the execution of Business & IT projects and related procurements.

Coordinate and oversee the development of proposals, statement of work, statement of requirements and RFP responses.

Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks to their work.

Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness.

Facilitate multi-disciplinary teams in the development of plans, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for completion of a project.

Oversee and manage execution and/or coordination of day-to-day project activities as required.

Manage working relationships with key stakeholders, including executive management, business management, vendors, project sponsors, suppliers, and technology management.

Track and communicate a project's progress from a schedule, cost, and risk perspective to the project team, customers, and project stakeholders.

Collaborate with external (vendor / Suppliers)and internal technology leads and solution architects to incorporate agency best practices into project plans.

Drive consistent project delivery through the entire project lifecycle, including, execution of procurements, definition of project plans, resource allocation, management of project risks, scope, and schedule, delivery of value, and well-ordered transitions to operations.

Monitor progress by third-party vendors and define and measure their progress with metrics.

Develop and maintain project budget, plans, task lists, schedules, risks, and status, to include resource allocation and schedules.

Adhere to DBHDS and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.

Facilitates resolution of technical issues

Leads and coordinates the scoping, technical requirements gathering, estimating and planning for single or multiple work-streams

Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects Required 5 Years 

Strong experience in working with third party suppliers and COT’s products Required 5 Years

Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills Required 5 Years

Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building Required 5 Years

Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building Required 5 Years

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and briefly, succinctly communicate complex issues to Required 5 Years

Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices. In addition, the ability to blend them together in th Required 5 Years

Understands process, recognizing potential issues and consequences of changes during Software Development Lifecycle Required 5 Years

Ability to understand technology at the level to help represent project team in multiple forums. Required 5 Years

Ability to run scrum, Kanban or waterfall project management best practices. Required 4 Years

PMP Certification through PMI OR Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards (VITA) Certified PM Required 5 Years

Expedience in Healthcare Desired 3 Years

Experience with the core Commonwealth IT procurement processes (RFP, VITA Statewide Contract, and CAI SOW) Desired 3 Years

Experience with VITA’s Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process Desired 3 Years